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Greek Myth/Masterpieces of Greek Literature Dr. Fredricksmeyer Historical Background (all dates BCE) Setting: the Eastern Mediterranean World 1600-1400 (peak) Minoan Civilization/Crete Knossos Sir Arthur Evans ornate palaces, frescoes La Parisienne Labyrinth, the Minotaur and Pasiphae, Theseus Bull Leaping, Horns of Consecration Collapse: possible reasons (no longer include Thera, flood myth) 1400-1200 (peak) Mycenean Civilization Indo-Europeans, Trans-Caucasus, “Aryan” (term adopted from Skr.) Mycenae, Lion’s Gate Heinrich Schliemann Tombs Mask of Agamemnon Trojan War Collapse: so-called Dorian Invasion, starting c. 1200 Cyclopean architecture Isthmus of Corinth (canal built 1893) 1100-750 Dark Age 750-479 Archaic Period Cleisthenes/Athenian democracy c. 510 First Persian War: Battle of Marathon (490) Second Persian War (480-79), includedBattle of Thermopylae (480) Leonidas and the 300 Spartiates, the hoplite phalanx Battle of Salamis (480), Athenian triremes 479-323 Classical Age (from end of Second Persian War to the death of Alexander) Golden Age, c. 449-430, under Pericles: patron of culture, from architecture (e.g.,the Parthenon) to literature and philosophy Peloponnesian War, 431-404 Athenian Plague, c. 430-28 Sicilian Expedition, 415-13 Athens surrenders to Sparta and her allies The Greek Mainland and Islands today